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The Cannibal in the Jungle

2015 · 84 min Science Fiction Crime Horror
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

An American scientist who was convicted of killing and cannibalizing two colleagues in the jungles of Flores, Indonesia in 1977. Branded "The American Cannibal" by the press during his trial, Dr. Timothy Darrow defended himself by claiming a mythic human-ape creature was responsible for the murders. The news outlet documented an indigenous tribe on Flores, the very same island where the hobbit remains were discovered, which had its own accounts of little wild men that stood just over three feet tall, climbed trees, walked on two feet and thrived on cannibalism. And according to the local legend, those creatures may never have died out at all. Follow an expedition team deep into the heart of Flores Island to investigate Dr. Timothy Darrow's claims and find out once and for all if hobbits still exist in the deepest, most remote realms of the Indonesian jungle.

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📋 Film Details

Year 2015
Country United States of America, United Kingdom, Philippines
Genre Science Fiction, Crime, Horror
Director George Simon
Runtime 84 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (21 votes)

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The film constructs its dread by juxtaposing a forensic, journalistic inquiry with the primal terror of an uncharted jungle. It works with a stark contrast between clinical reenactments and the gritty, unsettling footage of the descent into the wild, blurring the lines between horror and true-crime procedural.

What lingers after the credits is a deeply unsettling ambiguity, a chill that questions the very evidence presented. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: George Simon

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